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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX

313 PM CDT SUN APR 7 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR TARRANT AND JOHNSON COUNTIES

UNTIL 445 PM CDT...



AT 310 PM CDT MULTIPLE HIGH WATER RESCUES WERE UNDERWAY IN THE 

DOWNTOWN FORT WORTH AREA. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED INSIDE THE 820 

LOOP UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. RADAR INDICATES THAT THE HEAVIEST 

RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED EAST AND EXTENDS FROM MANSFIELD TO GRAPEVINE. 

LOCALIZED FLOODING IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE WITH THIS ACTIVITY AS IT 

MOVES INTO DALLAS COUNTY.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE

INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.

RAPIDLY RISING WATER CAN ENGULF A VEHICLE AND ITS OCCUPANTS AND SWEEP

THEM AWAY. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN THE WATER...ABANDON IT

IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 3282 9730 3240 9729 3239 9718 3262 9704

          3298 9704 3300 9715

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